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The Nursing Mother's Guide to Weaning
Part 1
By Kathleen Huggins, R.N., M.S. and Linda Ziedrich
In the following chapters we will tell you how to wean your baby at any age you prefer, and we will also tell you how to delay complete weaning if it isn't necessary. We will tell you how to avoid overusing or misusing bottles and formula, and how to avoid using these things at all. We will show you that, as long as you are nursing, you can take control of where, when, and how often you nurse. We will try to help you see weaning as both an event and a process -- a process that begins with a baby's first taste of a food other than mother's milk, and continues for weeks, months, or years afterward. We will try to help you ensure that your baby develops well -- physically, socially, and mentally -- no matter how long nursing continues. Finally, we hope, we will offer you the ideas and encouragement you need to end nursing not only with minimal struggle and grief on either side, but also with happy memories of your nursing days and confidence in your child's future.
Read Part Two here.